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“I didn’t always live here in Adventure Bay,” Chase admitted slowly, as if he were ashamed somehow. “I was born in Adventure City. Remember how I told you cities were way bigger than towns like this? Well… Adventure City sure was…”
The pup nodded. “Yeah, I did. The streets were awful. I’m glad you don’t have to live that kind of life.”
Now he was going to have to try and make himself sound… well, not pitiful. He didn’t want that.
“I got adopted by a couple back there when I was little, but… they left me on the sidewalk one day and sped off. The city was huge, and I was tiny. I don’t know how old I was, but I shouldn’t have been alone. No-one should be alone.”
Chase couldn’t yet bring himself to look at Simba, but he continued his story, quickly deciding he’d make it shorter so he wouldn’t have to talk about it anymore. “I’m just lucky Ryder found me and brought me back here, ‘cause otherwise I… don’t know where I’d be.” He tried to smile convincingly enough to look like he hadn’t just shared an early that had left a painful, permanent impression on him.
“It doesn’t bother me as much anymore, to be honest, because now I’m a police pup! The town sees me as a hero… it can be hard to feel like one sometimes, but I really am happy here. We still go to Adventure City every so often, the team and I, and I still get kinda scared,” he admitted, feeling a bit better, somehow.
“I learned a trick, though: whenever you feel scared or stuck, close your eyes for just a minute. Think about what makes you a hero. You gotta push through and keep going, you know? That’s how I was able to save Ryder.”
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